Do you feel invisible? Want to change that? Consider my four reasons why midlife women disappear into the ether!

If you do one of the following things, reconsider!

Lie about your age

Hide yourself

Sexify yourself

Try to look 30-ish

As the wise Susan Colby of Girls Gone 50 said:

By fudging our age to avoid becoming an invisible middle-aged woman, we make ourselves invisible middle-age women. Every time we tell that little white lie, we erase a little more of our true worth, diminish our lifetime value, disown our long nights spent battling demons and countless days slaying dragons. We have earned the right to tell the truth that we are powerful and pretty damn awesome.

2 Comments

When I feel invisible I just think about the fact that I have lived 13 years longer than my own mother did. I immediately realize how lucky I am.

Alison Moore Smith
on February 27, 2019 at 12:17 pm

Such a good perspective. I’ve never forgotten an experience I had years ago. A dear friend died of brain cancer at 39. While he was battling the disease—and because he was a bit older than me and we shared a birthday month—I teased him about turning 38 and being on the downward slide to the ancient age of 40. He looked at me really kindly and said, “Alison, 39 is looking REALLY good right now.” 😢